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White Teeth

White Teeth is the 2000 debut novel by British author Zadie Smith. It focuses on the later lives of two wartime friends—the Bangladeshi Samad Iqbal and the Englishman Archie Jones—and their families in London. The novel centres on Britain's relationship with immigrants from the British Commonwealth.

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Author
Zadie Smith
Genre
Postcolonial literature
Publication date
27 January 2000
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Dewey Decimal
823/.914 21
Language
English

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White Teeth → Bentley, Claire, Continuum International, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, In Contemporary British Fiction, ISBN, New York, Nick, Reader's Guide, Squires, Zadie Smith
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Author · 1
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White Teeth → 823/.914 21
Genre · 1
White Teeth → Postcolonial literature
ISBN · 1
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White Teeth → English
LC Class · 1
White Teeth → PR6069.M59 W47 2000b

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White TeethDewey Decimal823/.914 211.00infobox
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White TeethLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
White TeethLC ClassPR6069.M59 W47 2000b1.00infobox
White TeethMedia typePrint (Hardcover)1.00infobox
White TeethOCLC435018801.00infobox
White TeethPages4801.00infobox
White TeethPublication date27 January 20001.00infobox
White TeethPublication placeUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
White TeethPublisherHamish Hamilton1.00infobox
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